Chapter 18: The Shadow in the Darkness

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Su Yuan sat in the passenger seat. Through the rearview mirror, she saw the group of people still standing motionless at the club’s door, as they stretched out their necks to look at the disappearing car. She happily sprawled lazily on the seat and burst into laughter.

“Hahaha, that really helped me vent my anger. What’s it called, to go out for wool and come back shorn! Awesome! Haha…”

Mu Chuqing also lowered her eyes and looked in the rearview mirror. Seeing the expressions on those faces shift between jealousy and shock, she felt a bit of pleasure from revenge in her heart.

After laughing to her heart’s content, Su Yuan calmed down and wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes. She then asked seriously, “Honestly, where did you get this car from?”

Su Yuan’s concerned face was obvious, as she genuinely worried whether Mu Chuqing had done something she shouldn’t have.

Mu Chuqing gave a reassuring smile to Su Yuan. She hesitated for a while before finally saying, “My dad shipped it over from Italy for me. To make me come back, he spent tons of effort to please me! However, this came not just from his money!”

“What? Your dad!”

Su Yuan yelled in surprise as if she had heard some groundbreaking news.

Mu Chuqing calmly nodded instead. “Mmm, but it’s not just his money for this car, that’s all!”

“Wait, wait… You… Since when did you have a dad?”

“…” Mu Chuqing glared at her unhappily.

“I’m not joking with you. Speak up, quick!”

“It’s a long story!”

“Then cut it short!”

“I have a dad!”

“Go die…”

Even after sending Su Yuan home, Mu Chuqing still didn’t explain exactly how she suddenly had a “dad”?

It was a long story, but Mu Chuqing couldn’t cut it short either.

The story of her father and mother was confusing and filled with many twists and turns. Mu Chuqing couldn’t understand it fully, and she didn’t know how to explain it either.

Mu Chuqing’s car stopped in the parking of a small neighborhood. When she recalled the huge ruckus at the reunion gathering, she couldn’t help but feel an immense headache ahead.

The two people she had truly wished to never see again in her life had immediately appeared one after another before her.

The gods sure don’t have mercy on her!

Mu Chuqing shook her head, and her pace increased as she walked towards her house.

However, when she finally reached her block, her rushed footsteps gradually slowed down, and she stopped.

Mu Chuqing squinted as she stared at the blurry and dark figure standing at her apartment’s entrance in the night’s dark. Her eyebrows formed into a frown, and she subconsciously took a step back.

The brightly blinking red dot of a cigarette butt was distinctly visible in the night, and a faint wisp of smoke floated through the air.

In the darkness, Mu Chuqing couldn’t make out that person’s face. She could only see his slender and tall figure leaning against the car door behind him, exuding an air of elegance and pride.

Even without seeing the man’s face, Mu Chuqing was just too familiar with that silhouette.

The man also seemed to have seen her as he threw his cigarette onto the ground. Following that, she heard the sound created by the friction of his shoe against the ground.

Mu Chuqing was standing still, without even moving an inch. The person and his car were right on her way back to her apartment.

But Mu Chuqing didn’t want to see him.

Devil…

Mu Chuqing stood there, quiet and still. The occasional night breeze would seep through her skin. Her body became slightly stiff from the cold, and the wind seemed to have become even colder than before.

“So, you remembered to come back?”

In all these years, Sheng Yuchen’s voice had aged like a fine wine and had a unique attractiveness. His voice was deep, mellow, and hoarse, with a hint of teasing to it.

Mu Chuqing didn’t know what he was referring to.

Is it about her sudden return to China? Or is it the neighborhood that she is standing in now?

However, Mu Chuqing just curled the corner of her lips in a cold arc. No matter what Sheng Yuchen was referring to, he didn’t have any right to scold her for anything!

As if she didn’t hear a single word that he spoke, Mu Chuqing lifted her feet and walked towards her apartment.

Mu Chuqing didn’t have the right to care about that spot where he was standing, and neither did she have the right to chase away this unwanted guest. However, as long as he was standing there, she could only walk past him to get back to her apartment.

“And then? What else are you going to do?”